At night, Zhang Zezhen took out the recipe given to her by the old woman and studied it carefully, but unfortunately, she still did not study any valuable information.

Speaking of which, my father is also a well-known chef, is there any dish he doesn't know? And this dish is also very strange, why doesn't it even have a name, this must be an ancestral secret recipe, not a piece of broken paper picked up halfway, and a few words are written casually to cheat money?

The more Zhang Zezhen thought about it, the more upset she became, so she simply fell asleep.

Early the next morning, she opened her eyes in a daze, had a dream all night, her head was about to explode, she dragged her heavy body to get up, walked to the hall, and found that everyone had left. Only Guo and two children remained.

"Third sister-in-law, where are they?"

"They have already gone to the market to buy vegetables, and my father and mother saw that you may have been too tired from playing yesterday, so they didn't call you."

"Oh, then I'll pack up and hurry over."

"Are you hungry? Would you like to make you something to eat, and then go. ”

"Don't bother, third sister-in-law, you take care of the family, I'll go first."

Zhang Zezhen didn't rush to the store after leaving home, but went to look at a few acres of his own land.

In addition to the vegetable field, a few pigs at home are getting fatter and fatter, and when it comes to the New Year, it is estimated that they can be slaughtered directly to eat meat, and there are three chickens that have been raised, although they don't grow well, but as long as they are fat enough, they will not affect the taste.

Along the way, she remembered the recipe from yesterday, and instead of dwelling on it here, it would be better to go to the store and try to make it, in case it was true, it would not be in vain to spend so much money.

At this moment, a carriage came from her side.

"Big brother, wait a minute."

"Little girl, is there something wrong?"

"Are you going to town? Give me a while, and I can give you money. ”

"Yes, come on."

"Thank you, big brother." I originally wanted to take this opportunity to lose weight, but when I thought that there was such a long distance, Zhang Zezhen was like a deflated ball, and it was more comfortable to put it badly.

The carriage came to her shop after a while, and Zhang Zezhen, who got out of the car, saw her mother outside, as if she was anxiously waiting for something.

"Mother, who are you waiting for?"

"Zhenzhen, you're here, something is wrong!"

"Huh? What's wrong? Is it you, or daddy? ”

"No, it's a big incident in the store, and no one sells us vegetables."

"Why, wasn't it okay the other day? Why is it that all of a sudden there is no one to sell vegetables to us? ”

"I don't know, we came to the morning market early this morning, and then those vegetable sellers avoided us, this morning passed, I didn't even buy a vegetable leaf, I was in a hurry."

"Mother, don't worry, did you ask them the reason?"

"I asked, but everyone avoided talking about it, no, I asked your second brother to inquire on the street again, and he hasn't come back yet."

"Mother, little sister, I'm back." Zhang Zefeng ran back out of breath.

"Second brother, what's going on? Have you made inquiries clearly? ”

"After inquiring clearly, I'll go and drink saliva first."

As soon as he entered the door, Zhang Zefeng lifted a large vat of water and drank it with a clatter.

After he had his fill, he began to tell everyone about the strange things of the day.

"Just now I went to find a vegetable vendor who had a good relationship with us before, and after I grinded and soaked it, he told me that they also did it after following the orders of others."

"Who has the courage to cover the sky with one hand?"

"That is, at first I didn't believe it, so I repeatedly asked him who he was, but he avoided talking about it, and then I left."

"And then?"

"Don't worry, listen to me first. Then I found the old man who sold tofu, gave him a few taels of silver, and asked him what was going on. Although he didn't say it explicitly, he pointed to Jinyulou, and I understood what he meant, so I didn't say anything more. ”

"Jinyulou? Why is it Gu Changqing again? What the hell is he going to do? ”

"I think he's just red-eyed and retaliates against us, since we started a box lunch, Jinyulou's business is getting worse and worse, most of the customers don't eat in his store anymore, the loss of old customers is serious, and they buy ingredients late, our family can always make dishes one step in advance, so they came up with this poisonous plan."

"But the question is, what method did Gu Changqing use to make so many traders avoid us?"

"I didn't ask, why don't I inquire again?"

"No, it's useless for you to go, since he can shut up so many people, he won't let us know the real reason easily."

"Then what should I do, little sister, if we continue like this, our restaurant will not be able to open."

"If you come, you will be safe, everyone calm down first, I will go to Chu Ming and ask him to help ask about the situation, after all, he is the head catcher, and it will be much smoother than us to investigate this kind of thing. As for today's boxed lunch, I remember that we still have some leftovers, let's make a few of them, but there are really no ingredients, so we will rest today. ”

"Okay, little sister, do you want me to go with you, and there will be a care on the road."

"No need, there are too many people, it is easy to attract the attention of others, and you continue to anxiously prepare things here, but it is not easy to attract the eyes and ears of the enemy."

"Hmm."

After that, Zhang Zezhen found a carriage and prepared to go to the county seat to find Chu Ming.

In order to leave enough time for her daughter, Zhang Yangshi still asked Zhang Zefeng and Zhang Zeshui to continue to go out to inquire about the news. He and Zhang Shanren entertained the guests outside, leaving Li to check what extra leftovers were left in the kitchen and how much they could make.

The family was divided into three routes, and everything was going on in an orderly manner.

……

"How's it going?" Gu Changqing asked Steward Gu.

"Sir, don't worry, everything is foolproof, I have already greeted those vendors, unless they don't want to work in the town, they all have to be obedient."

"Well, you did a good job this time, and you deserve praise. By the way, did you find the person you were looking for? ”

"It's coming soon."

"Good! I see what Zhang Zezhen can do to turn the tables this time, a little girl, and she still wants to fight with me, I really don't know how thick the sky is. ”

"That's it, sir, our Jinyulou has been in the town for almost ten years, from a little-known small shop, to today's scale, how can a little lady say defeat, just defeat?"

"Humph! This time it's to teach her a lesson, and the next time she dares to argue with me, I'll make her disappear from the town completely. ”

"Master, this time she won't last long, she can't buy vegetables, can she still open a restaurant?"

"That's right, hahahaha!"

"Master, the people have arrived, will you let her in?"

"Come in!"

"Master Gu, I have admired the name for a long time!"

"Hahaha, please take a seat, I invite you to come this time, mainly because I like your cooking skills, and I want you to go out of the mountain again, so that more people can see your ability."

"Boss Gu has won the award, I'm just a grass farmer, I can only cook some ordinary dishes, how can I be so appreciated by you?"

"Eh, you can't say that, I heard what Butler Gu said, your cooking skills are worthy of your reputation, I have money, you have art, let's join forces, what else in the town dares to compare with us?"

"What Master Gu said is very true."

"I know that your family is more difficult, so I will pay you 50 taels in advance, and when Jinyulou's business improves, your benefits will naturally be indispensable."

"Then I'll thank Master Gu first."

"Not busy, you know that Zhang Zezhen, right?"

"Of course!"

"Well, don't be burdened, do it boldly, I'm sure you're definitely the best cook in town."

"Don't worry, Boss Gu, my name is not in vain, and a little rural girl is not my opponent. If Jinyutang is in my hands and business still does not improve, I will just take the things and leave, and I will never cause you trouble. ”

"Okay, refreshed!"

……

On the other side, Zhang Zezhen finally arrived at the yamen.

"Stop!" Two officials blocked Zhang Zezhen's way.

"Two elder brothers, I'm here to find Chu Mingchu to catch the head, and I'll trouble you to report it." As she spoke, she shoved a bag of money into the hand of one of the officials.

The official weighed the money, and then said, "Wait here!" Then he went in and reported it.

Zhang Zezhen waited anxiously outside.

After a while, Chu Ming came out.

"Miss Zhang, why are you here?" Chu Ming was very happy when he saw her come to him.

"I came to you in a hurry, do you have time now?"

"Well, you wait a minute."

"Hmm."

Chu Ming went in and said a few words to a few officials, and then turned to find Zhang Zezhen.

"Alright, let's go. What's the matter, come to me in such a hurry? ”

"There's something going on in my store, and I'd like you to help investigate."

"What's wrong?"

"As soon as I arrived at the store today, my mother said that all the small vendors in the town don't sell our food, and after asking for a long time, no one dared to tell the truth, but there was an old man with a good relationship, pointing in the direction of Jinyulou, so I want you to help find out what's going on?"

"What the hell is your old boss doing again? Is he so powerful? You can turn away all the vendors in this town. ”

"I also wonder how difficult it is to achieve such an effect if he does it alone, so I need to know how many people are involved."

"If that's the case, it's more difficult, it's easy to find someone to ask who is behind it, but it's not easy to find someone who can explain the whole thing."

"yes, that's it for now, so, let's split up."

"What do you have in mind?"

"When you get back to town, you'll be in charge of finding all the people involved, and I'll go find the people I helped before, and see if I can get some out of their mouths."

"It's okay, when the time comes, we will meet in the rain of flowers."

"Well, by the way, when you investigate, remember not to say that you know me, I'm afraid that there will be people with ill intentions to make trouble."

"Well, don't worry."